Medicare series concludes today (Bedford Sun Banner)
BEDFORD The final Medicare seminar of the spring series will be held at 3 p.m. today. The discussion will deal with the Part D Prescription program and will be held as usual at St. John Funeral Home, 923 Broadway...

Will Cost of Arthritis Drugs Soon Be More than Medicare, Senior Citizens Can Afford? (Senior Journal)
June 2, 2009 Certain drugs that are effective at reducing symptoms and slowing progression of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a common condition for senior citizens, are so expensive they are putting pressure on Medicare Part D plans and beneficiaries.

Researchers Urges Simplification Of Part D To Achieve Cost Savings (redOrbit)
In the face of rising health care costs, a new study has found that older adults were less likely to identify the plan that minimized their total annual cost and were likely to mistakenly think they had chosen the lowest-cost plan.

Medicare Part D too complicated for seniors to identify lowest-cost plan (EurekAlert!)
( IQ Solutions, Inc. ) In the face of rising health-care costs, a new study has found that older adults were less likely to identify the plan that minimized their total annual cost and were likely to mistakenly think they had chosen the lowest-cost plan. The study, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research, is currently available online, and will ...